GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
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incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
imbue | endow |
replicate | duplicate |